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Commercial agreements and social dynamics in medieval Genoa / Quentin van Doosselaere.
LIBRA HF3590.G4 V36 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Doosselaere, Quentin, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Merchants.
- History.
- Genoa (Italy)--Commerce--History.
- Genoa (Italy).
- Commerce--History--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Commerce.
- Merchants--Italy--Genoa--History.
- Genoa (Italy)--Social life and customs.
- Italy--Genoa.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- From sword into capital
- Genoa at the dawn of the commercial expansion. The feudal commune ; Genoa and medieval trade to 1150 ; Linking two worlds
- Equity partnerships for heterogeneous ties. Commenda: a staple framework for occasional partners ; Januensis ergo mercator: the multivalent Genoese ; Network dynamics: from clientelism to corporatism
- Credit network for routinized merchants . Medieval credit instruments ; Credit network for regular traders ; Merchants
- Insurance ties for oligarchic cohesion. Genoese clans ; Third-party insurance ; Oligarchic families.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-254) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521897921
- 0521897920
- OCLC:
- 244293208
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